shrimps are scavenger , will clean out any carcass in the tank, i have hundreds of Malaya in tank with baby cherry shrimp, they never be aggressive.

for Neocaridina shrimps, especially these import from taiwan, tank parameters with higher KH 3-4, PH 7.0 & above, GH 5-8 and tds 150-200,
temperature 24c-28c(lower better) will see better results in keeping them.

your tank seem doing well, adding more expensive shrimp nowadays.

This post has been edited by arrow: Feb 21 2016, 02:55 AM

General rules in keeping fish with shrimps : If the shrimp or their baby fit the size of the fish mouth , it will be eaten, this is natural instinct.
Try keep fish that are not aggressive.

Fish sometimes are quite fragile, may need acclimate too.
Cardinal tetra are prone to neon tetra disease, Galaxy, you need to get the stable specimen.

you need to manually remove them. They like to hide and ambush shrimp/fish.

cute fella there, they will be safe after reach 5mm in size.

look new the setup , how long tank be running?

one week already in livestock. New filter or using old filter media?
Look like some boraras brigittae and fire red in there.

blue dream & blue diamond is the same shrimp , you can't mix different base color of neocaridina type shrimp together as their offspring will revert back to wild form.

sorry to heard that, beside WC and removal of the glued fissidens, you need to put activated carbon in the filter to help absorb these poison.

Feel sorry for your lost, i encounter the same tragedy 7 yrs ago, so now is my routine to test every single new plants with a shrimps in a cup/bucket first before introduce them into shrimps tank.
It is either the plants contain pesticide or fertilizers that contain copper , normally these plants are growth emerged in the farm.

Instead of drilling hole at the divider, you can left a gap under the divider for water to flow through , the substrate will prevent
shrimp from going to the other side and also allow water to pass through.
or
You can also use an UGF too under the substrate , with the canister connect to one side of the ugf outlet point to suck out water
and dump the water to the other side.

This post has been edited by arrow: Apr 23 2016, 02:21 AM

yes, your setup work too, substrate should be at least 2-3cm above the gap opening.

you can try use to Tank Divider Suction Cup, however silicon is a more permanent solution.

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You all can always use Air Pump Control Manifold to reduce the flow or expand the outlet.
i have two fluval Q2 and each couple it with manifold to power 4 outlet. this pump are silent but the disadvantage is it dont have connector allow it to be hang.


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Nope didn't use Fluval Q5 model b4 , as i need higher flow-rate pump as i need to power more sponge filter & UGF,
but i now i shifted to Hailea Hi Blow Diaphragm pump HAP-100 connect to PVC pipe, one pump to supply all the tank, super powerful but abit noisy.

Some personal experience in using some of the air pump:

Fulval Q2 -used 2 unit ,
pros : most beautiful design, adjustable main flow, silent, 1yrs ++ using, still not showing sign of breakdown(now retired and serve as backup pump).
cons : can be bulky due to no hanging option, price sell above RRP at most Local fish shop, only one output outlet, need to purchase outlet manifold separately.

Hailea
55 series -ACO-5505 - used 3 unit ,
pros : good flow , adjustable flow , last longest 3-4++ yrs ,sturdy build with metal outlet head.
cons : semi silent, bulky build for 2 outlet hanging type.

96 series -ACO 9630 - used 2 unit,both last only 1yrs++,
pros: good flow, silent, adjustable flow.
cons : build quality so-so, breakdown easily and no individual outlet flow control, stay away from this pump as this unit have high breakdown rate according to a few LFS.

66 series -ACO-6604 - used 3 unit, last 2-3 yrs,
pros: powerful for its size, quite silent.
cons : The plastic flow button easily came off and outlet head is also made of plastic.

Resun AIR-8000 - used 3 unit
pros : quite silent, powerful, hanging option , adjustable flow.
cons : no individual outlet flow control, 2 unit breakdown in less than 1.5 yrs , 1 unit still ongoing but become quite noisy and show sign of dying soon (2yrs +).

EHEIM air pump 200 & 400 -
pros : very silent, individual outlet adjustable flow , good output.
cons: outlet connector is made of plastic, can easily breakoff , become noisy after 1yrs in use, both model didn't last more than 2yrs, very expensive since price increase almost 2x, not worth buying unless they can be long lasting as like their HOB/Canister.

This post has been edited by arrow: May 12 2016, 01:34 PM

its up to your budget , space constraints , number of sponge/ugf/airstone to supply.
and the noise level.
How many sponge/airstone you need to power and their distance from the pump location?

increase the salinity to 1.016-1.018 , you can slowly do so by topup with brackish water instead of RO water when water evaporated.

brown algae/diatoms normally cos of the sand used have high silica content. if it on the glass, can use daiso magic sponge/cube to wipe it clean.
nerite snail can live in brackish/marine too.

even some shrimps like long nose/mosquito shrimp, sunkist shrimp are in fact came from brackish water.


This post has been edited by arrow: Jun 9 2016, 12:27 AM

you can try using spray bar in the middle to cover both side instead of using lily pipe,
else you shift the canister input from right to left side, the output remain on the right, this may help pull the water underneath
from the right to the left side and renew the water on the left.